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28 College Road Manchester M16 8FH

NOT-2026-001259Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 4 September 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Works to trees - proposed removal of 4 self seeded Sycamore trees in the rear garden.

Submitted
6 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whalley Range
  1. Received6 Aug
  2. Validated6 Aug
  3. Consult.3 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 28 College Road Manchester M16 8FH. Manchester has handled 614 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Whalley Range conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across Whalley Range. We hold 1,319 applications in total for the M16 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Manchester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
M16 8FH
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 August 2026
Consultation expiry
3 September 2026
Consultation end
3 September 2026
Application expires
17 September 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Whalley Range

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Manchester

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